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A man is suing NJ police after he was wrongfully arrested and imprisoned because of flawed, since-banned facial recognition AI.
Facial recognition

Should cops arrest a suspect based only on a facial recognition match?

By Dan Robitzski

A new Tesla update allows drivers to change their vehicle's horn sound to basically anything they'd possibly want — including fart noises.
Tesla

Thanks, Elon.

By Victor Tangermann

German carmaker Volkswagen has unveiled a working prototype of a robot that can autonomously charge electric cars.
Advanced Transport

It's like an R2-D2 for your electric car.

By Victor Tangermann

In a recent interview with Autoblog, Ford VP Darren Palmer threw some serious shade at other electric car makers' quality control — likely including Tesla.
Tesla

"The doors fit properly, the plastics and other materials color-match, the bumpers don’t fall off..."

By Victor Tangermann

A space tourist smuggled remains of James Doohan, known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original "Star Trek" TV series, into space.
Off-World

"It was completely clandestine."

By Victor Tangermann

MIT artist-in-residence Deimut Strebe mirrored COVID-19's spread across the U.S. with an unsettling slime mold experiment. Here, she explains why.
Science & Energy

"Slime mold is a single-celled organism, but it forms cooperatives. It's very interesting to see its behavior, which you could describe as 'intelligent' in human terms."

By Dan Robitzski

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued Santa Claus and his sleigh special commercial flight permissions to visit the International Space Station.
Off-World

Santa Claus will reportedly be using his "StarSleigh-1 space capsule powered by the Rudolph Rocket."

By Victor Tangermann

Yet another new strain of the coronavirus called 501.V2 has surfaced in South Africa, prompting several countries to implement travel restrictions.
Developments

"We are seeing a much earlier and much sharper rise in the second wave or resurgence than we anticipated."

By Victor Tangermann

A German court ordered Tesla to stop clearing the forest where it wants to build its Gigafactory because a protected lizard species is hibernating there.
Tesla

A German court ruled that Tesla can't clear a forest where protected lizards live.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has laid out its governmental laws for its future colonies on Mars. But lawyers have their doubts if those rules will be enforceable.
Off-World

"He could be trying to lay some groundwork for offering up an independent constitution."

By Victor Tangermann

TikTokers have been picking up Simulation Theory over the last few weeks, posting "glitches in the Matrix" to demonstrate that our world isn't real.
Future Society

"Basically we are living inside a video game."

By Dan Robitzski

An internal review process at Google reframes research on controversial AI technology in a "positive tone," censoring accurate discussions on its dangers.
Google

A senior scientist at Google says there's a "serious problem of censorship" at the company.

By Dan Robitzski

In a Medium post, NASA engineer Evan Hilgemann explores what its actually like to drive a Mars rover. It's simpler than one might think.
Mars

Here's how to drive a Mars rover.

By Victor Tangermann

TikTok parent company ByteDance is assembling a team of AI experts that it hopes will build AI to develop new pharmaceuticals.
RX and Medicine

ByteDance is building a team to enter the world of pharmaceuticals.

By Dan Robitzski

SpaceX has rolled out its next full-scale Starship prototype called SN9 onto the launchpad, setting the stage for yet another high-altitude test flight.
Starship

Next one's ready to go.

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists caught octopuses occasionally punching nearby fish on film. Sometimes its to keep them in line during a hunt, other times it just seems spiteful.
Biology

Ever get so mad you just punch a fish?

By Dan Robitzski

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is effective after just two weeks following a single dose, according to FDA data.
Developments

It's a Pfizer Christmas miracle.

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk reflected on a recent Reuters report that suggested Apple is bringing a self-driving passenger vehicle to market as soon as 2024.
Elon Musk

Apple CEO Tim Cook "refused to take the meeting."

By Victor Tangermann

In a new ad, Ford showed off its massive electric F-150 truck tearing through a winter wonderland, drifting around a frozen lake track like a pro.
Advanced Transport

Drifting through a winter wonderland.

By Victor Tangermann

A new nanomaterial biosensor can spot coronavirus antibodies — and track whether the vaccine is working — in ten seconds.
Viruses

"Because our technique can quantify the immune response to vaccination, it is very relevant in the current environment."

By Dan Robitzski